Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at a feature of the Cincom Smalltalk (VW or OS) workspace - the ability to customize the namespace imports within the tool. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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Today's Python 4 You starts looking at some simple Python code in the interpreter environment. We'll also talk about the role of indentation in Python. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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The monitor I have been using for my work laptop has been slowly dying - each morning, it's taken a number of plug/unplug tries with the VGA cable to get it going. Well, on Friday it finally went. Now - once you get used to working on two screens, it's nearly impossible to go back - just working today on one screen (the main laptop one) was painful). At the same time, I didn't want to spend a small fortune on a monitor for the work laptop. So.... Amazon to the rescue. I found a Hannspree 16" LCD screen Yes, it's small, but the old one was a 15" (square) one, so it's really not much different now. And I can get back to my normal levels of productivity.

Today's Smalltalk 4 You takes an overview of RoelTyper - a system for adding optional type information to a Smalltalk application dynamically. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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Welcome to episode 144 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week Dave and James talk about ORM systems - and whether they are worth it for software projects

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To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

Welcome to episode 144 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week Dave and James talk about ORM systems - and whether they are worth it for software projects

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.

To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

Today's Smalltalk 4 You builds another simple UI using WindowBuilder Pro, and examines event hookups. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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I've been casting about for a game to play on my Mac for a bit - I've played out most of my existing library. I've been pondering Bioshock Infinite for awhile - I liked the game on XBox. While the ending won't be a surprise this time around, I figured it would keep me busy. One problem: I have a 2010 era Macbook Pro, with the low end NVidia 320M card. The official support site warns you off if that's what you have, but - I've ignored such warnings before (and it's a mixed bag as to how that's worked out. Dishonored played fine for me in Parallels, while Hitman Absolution performed like a dog).

The good news is, it seems to run fine. There's some framerate lag when I enter a new area, but mostly it runs at better than 30 FPS (not great, but playable, at least for me). So if you've been holding off because your Macbook isn't on the supported list, you might give it a shot. Just turn everything down to low :)

Today's Python 4 You starts off by showing you where to get Python, and how to install it (on Windows - wecovered Mac last time). If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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